CVE-2012-6686

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-04-13
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1009643: CVE-2012-6686 CVE-2013-4357 glibc: stack overflow in getaddrinfo()'s use of alloca()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Find out more about CVE-2012-6686 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue has already been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0022.html and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0763.html

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (glibc) RHBA-2013:0022 2013-01-07
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) RHBA-2012:0763 2012-06-20

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glibc Not affected

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